Sekai Nzenza

She was born in rural Zimbabwe, where she trained as a nurse, before doing additional nursing studies in England and subsequently going to live in Australia.^[2] She held senior positions in Melbourne and Los Angeles.^[3]

Her semi-autobiographical first book, Zimbabwean Woman: My Own Story, was published in 1988. Her book Songs to an African Sunset (1997) describes her return to her family's village in the early 1990s.^[4][5] She has a Ph.D. in International Relations from the University of Melbourne.^[6][7]

Sekai wrote a weekly column for The Herald newspaper from 2011 to 2018,^[8] often returning to the theme of Zimbabweans reclaiming their cultural heritage and village roots. She entered politics as the Member for Chikomba East in Zimbabwe's 2018 harmonised elections.^[9] She was appointed as Zimbabwe's Minister of Public Service Labour and Social Welfare on 7 September 2018.^[10]

• Zimbabwean Woman: My Own Story, London: Karia Press, 1988. ISBN 978-0946918218.
• Songs to an African Sunset: A Zimbabwean Story, Lonely Planet Publications, 1997. ISBN 978-0864424723.

• Sekai Nzenza page at The Herald.
• "4TH COMMITTEE MEETING OF MINISTERS OF INDUSTRY" (PDF). 27 May 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
• "Sekai Nzenza". Pindula. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
• The Zimbabwe Independent (29 April 2022). "Nzenza must act beyond rhetoric". The Zimbabwe Independent. Retrieved 30 May 2022.